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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. someone who deliberately foments trouble;
- Example: "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
[syn: instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand]

2. a person who initiates a course of action;
[syn: instigator, initiator]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Instigator \In"sti*ga`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. instigateur.]
   One who instigates or incites. --Burke.

   Syn: inciter, instigant.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

instigator
    n 1: someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the
         instigator of their quarrel" [syn: instigator,
         provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand]
    2: a person who initiates a course of action [syn: instigator,
       initiator]